character dumps

[Mushroomhermit]

Where is the file path for character dumps defined? My computer seems to be making them in a non-existent location or something and I really want to brag about my winner

[darkgod]

It should be in your home/T-Engine/4.0/tome/character-dumps/ (it should tell you so when you make the dump)

[Mushroomhermit]

Yeah, unfortunately that doesn't appear to exist so I don't really know where its sticking them (searches also turn up nil) so I'd like to be able to define my own save path...

LINUX is a pain sometimes... Wish I was better with it.

[darkgod]

Ah you're on linux ? then it's in your home/.t-engine/4.0/tome/character-dumps/

Files and directories starting with a . are hidden by default on linux, to access it you can simply type the directory in your file explorer

[Patryn]

Or select the "show hidden directories" in your file explorer. IIRC Gnome does this with the shortcut CTRL+H (no guarante, I'm sitting on a WinXP machine right now so I can't look it up ).

[Mushroomhermit]

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  [Tome 4.00 @ www.te4.org Character Dump]

Sex              : Male         STR:  22
Race             : Skeleton     DEX:  26
Class            : Archmage     MAG:  76
Level            : 28           WIL:  63
Exp              : 32%          CUN:  27
Gold             : 899.39       CON:  15

Attack(Main Hand):  24          Life             :     513/513  Encumbrance      : 62.15/232
Damage(Main Hand):  97                                          Difficulty       : Normal
APR   (Main Hand):   5          Mana             :     254/254
Crit  (Main Hand):   9%         
Speed (Main Hand): 1.00         Equilibrium      :     0

Fatigue          : 4%           Spellpower       : 133
Armor            : 16.999999999999Spell Crit       : 18.1%
Defense          : 17.6         Spell Speed      : 1
Ranged Defense   : 59.82797478991

Physical damage  : 8%
Fire damage      : 10%

Physical Save    : 9.25
Spell Save       : 34.75
Mental Save      : 22.5

All Resists:   0%
Fire Resist:  57%
Cold Resist:  15%
Nature Resist:  10%
Lightning Resist:  15%
Acid Resist:  15%

Number of NPC killed: 1983
Most killed NPC: cold drake hatchling (120)

  [Talents Chart]

 - Technique / Combat training        (mastery 1.00)
    Heavy Armour Training (class)     1/5
    Massive Armour Training (class)   0/5
    Health (class)                    0/5
    Weapon Combat (class)             0/10
    Sword Mastery (class)             0/10
    Axe Mastery (class)               0/10
    Mace Mastery (class)              0/10
    Knife Mastery (class)             0/10
 - Spell / Arcane                     (mastery 1.30)
    Arcane Power (class)              5/5
    Manathrust (class)                5/5
    Manaflow (class)                  3/5
    Disruption Shield (class)         0/5
 - Spell / Fire                       (mastery 1.30)
    Flame (class)                     5/5
    Flameshock (class)                0/5
    Fireflash (class)                 0/5
    Inferno (class)                   0/5
 - Spell / Earth                      (mastery 1.30)
    Stone Skin (class)                1/5
    Dig (class)                       0/5
    Strike (class)                    0/5
    Stone Wall (class)                0/5
 - Spell / Water                      (mastery 1.30)
    Corrosive Vapour (class)          1/5
    Freeze (class)                    0/5
    Tidal Wave (class)                0/5
    Ice Storm (class)                 0/5
 - Spell / Air                        (mastery 1.30)
    Lightning (class)                 5/5
    Chain Lightning (class)           1/5
    Feather Wind (class)              5/5
    Thunderstorm (class)              0/5
 - Spell / Conveyance                 (mastery 1.30)
    Phase Door (class)                5/5
    Teleport (class)                  2/5
    Displacement Shield (class)       0/5
    Probability Travel (class)        0/5
 - Spell / Nature                     (mastery 1.30)
    Regeneration (class)              5/5
    Heal (class)                      0/5
    Restoration (class)               0/5
    Nature's Call (class)             0/5
 - Spell / Meta                       (mastery 1.30)
    Disperse Magic (class)            0/5
    Spell Shaping (class)             0/5
    Quicken Spells (class)            0/5
    Metaflow (class)                  0/5
 - Spell / Divination                 (mastery 1.30)
    Sense (class)                     4/5
    Identify (class)                  3/5
    Vision (class)                    4/5
    Telepathy (class)                 0/5
 - Spell / Temporal                   (mastery 1.30)
    Time Prison (class)               1/5
    Congeal Time (class)              1/5
    Essence of Speed (class)          5/5
    Time Shield (class)               0/5
 - Spell / Phantasm                   (mastery 1.30)
    Illuminate (class)                0/5
    Blur Sight (class)                0/5
    Phantasmal Shield (class)         0/5
    Invisibility (class)              0/5
 - Undead / Skeleton                  (mastery 1.10)
    Skeleton (class)                  1/5
    Sharp Bones (class)               1/5
    Bone Armour (class)               0/5
    Re-assemble (class)               0/5

  [Current Effects]

- Arcane Power
- Essence of Speed
- Feather Wind

  [Completed Quests]

 -- The Island of Dread
You have heard that in the bay of Belfalas, far to the south of Bree, lies the ruined tower of Tol Falas.
There are disturbing rumors of greater undeads and nobody who reached it ever returned.
Prehaps you should explore it and find the truth, and the treasures, for yourself!
 -- Important news

 -- An apprentice task
You met a novice mage who was tasked to collect many staves or jewelry.
He asked for your help should you collect some that you do not use.
   * 15/15   
 -- A mysterious staff
Deep in the tower of Tol Falas you fought and destroyed the Master, a powerful vampire.
On your way out of Tol Falas you were ambushed by a band of orcs.
They asked about the staff.
 -- Into the darkness
It is time to explore some new places dark, forgotten and dangerous ones.
The Old Forest is just south-west of the town of Bree.
The Maze is west of Bree.
The Sandworm is to the far west of Bree, near the sea.
Carn D?»m is to the north of Amon S?»l.
   * You have explored the Old Forest and vanquished the Old Man Willow.   
   * You have explored the Maze and vanquished the Minotaur.   
   * You have explored the Sandworm Lair and vanquished their Queen.   
   * You have explored Carn D?»m and vanquished the Dragon.   
 -- Eight legs of wonder
Enter the caverns of Ardhungol and clear the source of the spider infestation there.
But be careful, those are not small spiders...
 -- Trapped!
You heard a plea for help and decided to investigate...
Only to find yourself trapped inside an unknown tunnel complex.
 -- Let's hunt some Orc
The elder in Minas Tirith sent you to the mines of Moria, deep under the misty mountains, to investigate the orc presence.
Find out if they are in any way linked to the lost staff.
But be careful, even the dwarves did not venture in the old halls for many years.
 -- The Doom of the World!
You were sent to Mount Doom, in the ancient land of Mordor, where the One Ring was once forged by Sauron and destroyed by Frodo Baggins.
This place is still full of the power of the ring and the orcs intend to absorb this power using the Staff of Absorption!
Whatever their plan may be, they must be stopped at all cost.
The volcano is attacked by orcs, a few Sun Paladins made it there with you, they will hold the line at the cost of their lives to buy you some time.
Honor their sacrifice, do not let the orcs finish their work!

You arrived in time and interrupted the ritual, the blue wizards have departed.
Use the portal to go back to the Far East, you *MUST* stop them, no matter the cost.
 -- The wild wild east
There must be a way to go into the far east from the lair of Golbug, find it and explore the unknown far east, looking for clues.

  [Active Quests]

 -- Of trolls and damp caves
Explore the caves below the tower of Amon S?»l and the trollshaws in search of treasure and glory!

   * You have explored Amon S?»l and vanquished the Shade of Angmar.   
   * You must explore the Trollshaws and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!   
 -- The many Prides of the Orcs
Investigate the bastions of the Pride.
   * You have destroyed Rak'shor.   
   * You have destroyed Vor.   
   * You have destroyed Grushnak.   
   * You have destroyed Gorbat.   

  [Character Equipment]

 In main hand
a) shimmering elven-wood staff of power (26-31.2 power, 5 apr, lightning damage)
   Type: weapon / staff
    26 Power [Range 1.20] (+100% Magic), 0 Attack, 5 Armor Penetration, Crit 4%
    Damage type: lightning
    
    Maximum mana 90
    Spellpower 22, Spell Crit 4%
   Dropped by skeleton mage
 In off hand
 On fingers
b) Glory of the Pride
   Type: jewelry / ring
    Attack 10, Armor Penetration 0, Physical Crit 0%, Physical power 10
    Armor 10, Defense 5
    Fatigue -15%
    Increases damage type: 8% physical.
    Reduces talent cooldowns: Rush (15).
    Increases confusion immunity: 100%.
    Increases stun immunity: 100%.
    Maximum mana -40
    Maximum stamina 40
   Dropped by Grushnak, Battlemaster of the Pride
c) copper ring of fire resistance (+22%)
   Type: jewelry / ring
    Increases resistances: 22% fire.
   Dropped by Ukllmswwik the Wise
 Around neck
d) Fiery Choker
   Type: jewelry / amulet
    Increases stats: 5 Magic,4 Willpower,3 Cunning.
    Increases resistances: 20% fire,-20% cold.
    Increases damage type: 10% fire,-5% cold.
    Increases blindness immunity: 100%.
    Spellpower 7, Spell Crit 8%
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
 Light source
e) bright dwarven lantern of clear sight
   Type: lite / lite
    Increases blindness immunity: 50%.
    Light radius 4
 Main armor
f) Black Robe (6 def, 0 armor)
   Type: armor / cloth
    Attack 0, Armor Penetration 0, Physical Crit 0%, Physical power 10
    Armor 0, Defense 6
    Increases stats: 5 Magic,4 Willpower,3 Cunning.
    Increases blindness immunity: 100%.
    Spellpower 10, Spell Crit 0%
    See invisible: 10
   Dropped by Rak'shor, Grand Necromancer of the Pride
 On head
g) Crown of the Elements (0 def, 5 armor)
   Type: armor / head
    Armor 5, Defense 0
    Fatigue 5%
    Increases stats: 5 Constitution,3 Willpower.
    Damage on hit(melee): 10 fire,10 lightning,10 cold,10 acid.
    Increases resistances: 15% fire,15% lightning,15% cold,15% acid.
    See invisible: 15
   Dropped by Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride
 On hands
 On feet
h) Frost Treads (1 def, 2 armor)
   Type: armor / feet
    Armor 2, Defense 1
    Fatigue 14%
    Increases stats: 4 Strength,4 Dexterity,4 Cunning.
    Increases resistances: 20% cold,10% nature.
    Increases damage type: 5% cold.
    Light radius 1
   Dropped by Rantha the Worm
 Tool
 Quiver

  [Player Achievments]

Level 20 Was Achieved for Got a character to level 20. At 2010-08-19 17:18:50
A dangerous secret Was Achieved for Found the mysterious staff and told Minas Tirith about it. At 2010-08-19 11:04:54
Level 10 Was Achieved for Got a character to level 10. At 2010-08-17 19:49:21
Vampire crusher Was Achieved for Destroyed the Master in its lair of Tol Falas. At 2010-08-19 11:01:09
Treasure Hunter Was Achieved for Amass 1000 gold pieces. At 2010-08-19 20:21:47
Sliders Was Achieved for Activated a portal using the Orb of Many Ways. At 2010-08-19 18:08:51
Exterminator Was Achieved for Killed 1000 creatures At 2010-08-19 10:43:37
Destroyer's bane Was Achieved for Killed Golbug the Destroyer. At 2010-08-19 18:05:32

  [Character Inventory]

a) acid-proof potion of cure poison
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to cure poison.
   Dropped by Gorbat, Supreme Wyrmic of the Pride
b) 2 acid-proof potion of healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal a good part of your life.
c) 2 acid-proof potion of invisibility
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to become invisible for a while.
   Dropped by The Master
d) 2 acid-proof potion of lesser healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal some life.
   Dropped by The Shade of Angmar
e) 2 acid-proof potion of mana
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to restore a good part of your mana.
   Dropped by Golbug the Destroyer
f) 2 giant potion of greater healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal a lot.
   Dropped by forest wight
g) giant potion of greater mana
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to restore a lot of mana.
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
h) 3 giant potion of healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal a good part of your life.
i) giant potion of mana
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to restore a good part of your mana.
j) potion of cure disease
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to cure poison.
   Dropped by skeleton mage
k) potion of greater healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal a lot.
l) 10 potion of healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal a good part of your life.
m) potion of invisibility
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to become invisible for a while.
n) 10 potion of lesser healing
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to heal some life.
o) 4 potion of lesser mana
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to restore some mana.
p) 6 potion of mana
   Type: potion / potion
    It can be used to restore a good part of your mana.
   Dropped by sandworm
q) fire-proof scroll of enemies detection
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to detect enemies within a certain range.
   Dropped by Gorbat, Supreme Wyrmic of the Pride
r) 2 fire-proof scroll of light
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to light up the surrounding area.
s) 2 fire-proof scroll of phase door
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to teleport you randomly over a short distance.
   Dropped by Fillarel Aldaren
t) fire-proof scroll of shielding
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to create a temporary shield that absorbs damage.
u) fire-proof scroll of teleportation
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to teleport you anywhere on the level, randomly.
   Dropped by Rantha the Worm
v) long scroll of light
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to light up the surrounding area.
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
w) 18 scroll of light
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to light up the surrounding area.
x) 7 scroll of phase door
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to teleport you randomly over a short distance.
y) 5 scroll of teleportation
   Type: scroll / scroll
    It can be used to teleport you anywhere on the level, randomly.
z) Choker of Dread
   Type: jewelry / amulet
    Attack 0, Armor Penetration 0, Physical Crit 0%, Physical power 5
    Increases blindness immunity: 100%.
    Spellpower 5, Spell Crit 0%
    See invisible: 10
    It can be used to summon an elder vampire to your side, costing 60 power out of 60/60.
   Dropped by The Master
{) gold amulet
   Type: jewelry / amulet
|) Dragon Orb (Orb of Command)
   Type: jewelry / orb
   Dropped by Gorbat, Supreme Wyrmic of the Pride
}) Elemental Orb (Orb of Command)
   Type: jewelry / orb
   Dropped by Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride
~) Orb of Many Ways
   Type: jewelry / orb
    It can be used to activate a portal, costing 25 power out of 50/50.
   Dropped by Golbug the Destroyer
) Orb of Undeath (Orb of Command)
   Type: jewelry / orb
   Dropped by Rak'shor, Grand Necromancer of the Pride
€) Ring of Ulmo
   Type: jewelry / ring
    Increases stats: 4 Willpower,3 Constitution.
    Increases resistances: 25% cold,10% nature.
    Maximum mana 20
    Maximum stamina 20
    It can be used to summon a tidal wave, costing 60 power out of 60/60.
?) gold ring of magic (+5)
   Type: jewelry / ring
    Increases stats: 5 Magic.
‚) gold ring of magic (+4)
   Type: jewelry / ring
    Increases stats: 4 Magic.
?) phase mithril longsword of massacre (42.5-59.5 power, 13 apr)
   Type: weapon / longsword
    42 Power [Range 1.40] (+100% Strength), 0 Attack, 13 Armor Penetration, Crit 5%
    Damage type: physical
    
    Increases damage type: 27% physical.
   Dropped by Fillarel Aldaren
„) acidic yew staff of power (17.5-21 power, 4 apr, fire damage)
   Type: weapon / staff
    17 Power [Range 1.20] (+100% Magic), 0 Attack, 4 Armor Penetration, Crit 3%
    Damage type: fire
    
    Increases damage type: 15% acid.
    Spellpower 15, Spell Crit 3%
   Dropped by Fillarel Aldaren
…) Trident of the Tides (50-70 power, 4 apr)
   Type: weapon / trident
    50 Power [Range 1.40] (+130% Strength), 10 Attack, 4 Armor Penetration, Crit 15%
    Damage type: physical
    
    Damage on hit(melee): 15 cold,20 nature.
    Increases resistances: 25% cold.
    Increases damage type: 20% cold.
    Increases spell save: 18.
    See invisible: 2
    It can be used to activate talent: Water Bolt (level 3), costing 60 power out of 150/150.
   Dropped by Ukllmswwik the Wise
†) icy coral trident of massacre (8-12.8 power, 6 apr)
   Type: weapon / trident
    8 Power [Range 1.60] (+120% Strength), 0 Attack, 6 Armor Penetration, Crit 1%
    Damage type: physical
    
    Damage on hit(melee): 6 ice.
    Increases damage type: 11% physical.
   Dropped by Ukllmswwik the Wise
‡) slime-covered deep-steel trident of accuracy (27.5-44 power, 10 apr)
   Type: weapon / trident
    27 Power [Range 1.60] (+120% Strength), 5 Attack, 10 Armor Penetration, Crit 2%
    Damage type: physical
    
    Damage on hit(melee): 29 slime.
   Dropped by Ukllmswwik the Wise
?) charged(regeneration) cashmere robe of nature resistance (0 def, 0 armor)
   Type: armor / cloth
    Increases resistances: 27% nature.
    It can be used to activate talent: Regeneration (level 2), costing 1 power out of 2/2.
   Dropped by Fillarel Aldaren
‰) slimy woollen robe of nature resistance (0 def, 0 armor)
   Type: armor / cloth
    Damage when hit: 5 slime.
    Increases resistances: 13% nature.
   Dropped by Fillarel Aldaren
Š) Steel Helm of Hammerhand (0 def, 4 armor)
   Type: armor / head
    Armor 4, Defense 0
    Fatigue 8%
    Increases stats: 3 Strength,3 Constitution,4 Willpower.
    Increases physical save: 7.
    Increases spell save: 7.
    Increases mental save: 7.
   Dropped by Minotaur of the Labyrinth
‹) charged(sense) hardened leather cap of dexterity (+5) (0 def, 3 armor)
   Type: armor / head
    Armor 3, Defense 0
    Fatigue 3%
    Increases stats: 5 Dexterity.
    It can be used to activate talent: Sense (level 3), costing 1 power out of 3/3.
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
?) bright dwarven lantern of clear sight
   Type: lite / lite
    Increases blindness immunity: 50%.
    Light radius 4
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
?) 135 flaming dwarven-steel shot (28-33.6 power, 3 apr)
   Type: ammo / shot
    28 Power [Range 1.20] (+70% Dexterity,+50% Cunning), 0 Attack, 3 Armor Penetration, Crit 5%
    Damage type: physical
    
    Damage on hit(ranged): 16 fire.
   Dropped by Fyrk, Faeros High Guard
Ž) Rod of Spydric Poison
   Type: wand / wand
    It can be used to shoot a bolt of spyric poison, costing 25 power out of 75/75.
   Dropped by Ungol?«

  [Last Messages]

Welcome to    Tales of Middle Earth!

I was working with a kinda new LOS tactic for handling dangerous monsters (The Master, Orc bosses, GMHWs) that worked pretty well so I never felt the need to use aoes for anything aside from grabbing whole nests to beam down more quickly. The strategy ended up working so well that the only bosses that I had to even take a step against were Ukllmswwik (he seems to be immune to phase door and is thus much more difficult to control) and Fyrk (there was no terrain to set up the strat).

I think the Western World has had plenty of attention and feels pretty close to where it needs to be. Maybe add an archer or 2 to the icy/fiery wyrmic orc stacks to make them a little more dangerous for archers, but otherwise the difficulty scales up pretty smoothly to Tol Falas.

As for the East...

Spider Cave
Didn't have any trouble here. The elites were few and far between and not particularly dangerous compared to similar level casters in the Orc Prides. The regular monsters were pushovers and again, found mostly in 2s and 3s.

Necromancer Pride
I lost my previous lvl 20+ archmage to an Orc Corrupter here so this time around I came in very cautious. Targeted phase door kept me out of trouble with all of the empty buildings in the area and the nice big rectangles made perfect LOS systems for me so that once I nailed down my basic strategy, I made pretty steady and non-panicky progress. A couple things that would have gummed up my machinery would have been targeted summons (Orc necromancer summons a ghoulking... ON TOP OF YOU!!!), a higher concentration of monsters spawning inside the buildings, and injured monsters calling for help and stirring up other groups in the level. All of those would make me hate you.

Dragon Pride
I've read all of the talk about GMHWs and I played ToME 2 and many other *bands so I know how dangerous a capital D can be. I treated them like bosses. Never saw a breath weapon. If they could summon other elite dragons I'm pretty sure they would be quite a bit more terrifying. As it is now though, they represented the only real threat in the dragon pride for me. Other than the occasional high cryo/pyromancer, I more or less machine gunned a way to the next set of stairs. the same suggestions for the Necro Pride apply here only... more so. I want to say a prayer before I go into a dragon's den.

Fighter Pride
This place was a nightmare. Short tunnels, no lighting, irregular rooms and hordes of fighters with Rush and Stunning Blow. My only high risk teleport was used here and I got *lucky*. Time Prison saved my butt a few times too. I would only make 2 suggestions here. Make the boss spawn with an elite fighter and elite berserker and make the dungeon persist (it was regenerating everything, including level layout, when I used the stairs. Same with the Dragon and Mage prides). Kudos DG... I barely made it out alive.

Mage Pride
Essentially the same as the Dragon Pride. The few elites were my only concern and they never came in large enough numbers for me to ever feel stressed. If they had telepathy, boss-style pathing, and gave off an aura that woke up nearby monsters... scary. Especially if an Umberhulk happens to be with them.

Unremarkable Cave
Breezed through it... Felt like a mini Tol Falas without a pink V lurking at the end. I figure you want this place to be more for flavor than a character-killer. I saved the orc this time around though. Any plans on adding a reward? I was hoping my next guy would get to be an Orc Berserker.

Underwater Cave
Felt a lot like the Spider Cave. Squads of Nagas (maybe patrolling around?) would have made it tougher. I liked the boss fight a lot though. His phase door immunity had me fleeing quite a bit and the extra monsters added some complexity while they lasted. If the 4 corners of the room spawned Nagas or even aquatic critters while the boss is alive, it would have been quite a bit more challenging.

Eruan
No problems here. The Ritches gave me no trouble despite their fire immunity. If they could multiply or could move faster they might have been more of a concern. Lots of random trees made avoiding large pulls pretty easy. I moved through here fast.

Mount Doom
Just to see if it was possible, I phase doored through here avoiding all of the monsters except for 1 pack of baby dragons. I made it to Fyrk with about 500 turns remaing . Fyrk was scary though. I could barely break LOS for a few turns, his attacks were ranged and he was immune to 1/3 of my direct damage spells. The only problem is that once he used Inferno, he couldn't do much damage to me. I ended up just phase dooring a good distance away and machine gunning him while drinking potions and casting regenerate. Essence of Speed gave me enough free actions that he just couldn't burn me down.



TLDR

The Fighter Pride is ScArY!!!

[Shoob]

hum, what about making it so that armor affects spells as well?

[edge2054]

hum, what about making it so that armor affects spells as well?

As I suggested for the monk class?

Anyway nice dump. I lost my EoS build to an orc corruptor in the necromancer pride. I think I should have hit it up later but I 'thought' I had Blood of Life and was playing a bit reckless because of it (I think a bug ate my blood of life though as I brought up in another thread).

Overall I found EoS kinda meh . It doesn't seem to scale with magic like the tooltip suggests (never went over 45%) and 250 mana means you're stuck with single target nukes for the most part which is fine for the first part of the game but started to be a pain in 'open levels'.

Sense and Phase Door seemed really OP to me for the first half of the game. Never having to fight more then one monster at a time except when you go down a flight of stairs is kinda cheesy. But the open levels in the East made that strategy less viable so I can't say for sure that it's 'broken'.

[Mushroomhermit]

I never felt like sticking to single target nukes was a problem. I was always very careful of only fighting 1 dangerous monster at a time though. Sense and Phase door felt very powerful to me later on since I could find a safe tunnel/corner/room and pull all the tricky monsters out of a group and pick them off one by one. I think the biggest lifesaver was always remembering to cast sense right before taking stairs down so that I knew where all the enemies were as soon as I entered a level.


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@Shoob

If you're talking about making the monsters more difficult, I'm not really sure that simply making them last longer will do the job. I think if ranged npcs would focus on moving into LoS as quickly as possible rather than just moving towards you until they just happen to get LoS, then they would be way trickier and my clever tactics would be thwarted. Also if melee npcs used cover they would be a lot harder to beat. Not sure how possible it would be to work those changes into the AI but they would make the Prides in particular a lot more dangerous.

[edge2054]

You're spell power was way higher then mine though. Granted I died at level 23 but still I see a 50 point gap. It looks like you had much better drops too.

In other words, Manathrust and Flame didn't keep up as well as I'd hoped and eventually I had to turn off EoS because I was losing my extra turns quaffing mana pots anyhow and running out of pots

But yeah, I tackled the necromancer pride first and that may have been a bad idea.

*edit* The sense idea is smart too. I think that would have actually saved my character. Coming down stairs and phase dooring blind into an occupied room was what got him killed.

I do think melee needs more ways to deal with casters in general. Both player and npc wise but armor reducing spell damage might not be the solution since it'll mostly just help sword and board types. What I said in the monk idea though was that monks should have their abilities output penalized by fatigue and that might not be a bad idea for spell casters. Granted it'd hit Arcane Blades pretty hard but maybe they could have a talent added that lessened or removed the penalty?

[Mushroomhermit]

I was using a 15 spell power yew staff until after the first Pride and obviously I didn't have the fiery choker for most of it. One of the orbs gives +6 magic when carried too. I really think the only very solid drop I had was the staff. The 90 mana is what allowed me to use EoS and the -40 mana ring and 22 spell power is nothing to laugh at.

I wish cryo/pyromancers were easier to unlock. I really want to try them.

You might want to try maxing lightning out too. Having 2 powerful beams and an option to drop flame for another nuke if the target has massive fire resist was very helpful.

[darkgod]

Well done!
You came out lower level than I'd have expected though, but well maybe it's fine.

As for the zones:
Spider Cave: yeah I know they are much easier than I wanted to, I'll tweak them

Rak'Shor: I agree, if when you teleported a monster away it alerted others in sight it could be much more ... mhh .. fun

Gorbat: I ponder how I can make drakes harder, and they should breath .. hmmmm

Grushnak: Yeah this is probably the worst place for a caster, it's also the highest level pride

Unremarkable Cave: not meant to be deadly yes, and there will eventually be a rewardfor saving the orc

Flooded Cave: you killed the boss without taking the quest? I'd have openned a new zone with many naga

Eruan: Ah yes faster speed is in theme with my idea of Ritches

Mount Doom: I had planned to make all teleports only work bakwards in there, so you can use them to save yourself but not to gain time

Speaking of scary I'm sure you'll just LOVE the High Peak and the various new major demons that come with the new quest & zone

PS: check out the thread about your troll gfx please

[edge2054]

Yeah, I considered maxing lightning too.

If I give EoS another shot I'll try that.

Right now I'm goofing around with a joke build. Going to max the defensive talents and Ice Storm and dump all my generic points after maxing phase door and sense into weapon combat and sword mastery. Then beat things to death with Ringil while Ice Storm is going.

I don't expect the character to live long or do very well but it's a build I've been wanting to try out for awhile now.

@ Darkgod - If when you teleported a monster away it alerted others in sight it could be much more ... mhh .. fun.

I agree with this whole heartily. Also the mob itself should probably be alerted that it's been moved and the target range and effect range on phase door should match (I used Sense and multiple phase doors to pull Ungole from several screens away and took a break in between because she didn't care that someone was moving her around).

[Mushroomhermit]

@DG

I'm probably lower level than you expected because I was playing a skeleton. As for the quest in the water cave, I never got anything. I just walked up to the dragon, opened a dialogue with him and clicked *attack*. I'm playing a freaking skeleton archmage (i.e. Lich). I'm not going to chat with something before I end it

Also, I think the GMHWs would have been more than happy to breath on me if I gave them a chance to. The weaker versions did a couple times when I got lazy.

The cryomancer and pyromancer classes need to be easier to unlock. I just farmed Vor Pride for an hour and got nothing. I just got frustrated, switched the effects of the 2 tomes with the effects of a scroll of identify and scroll of phase door and unlocked 'em with a new character

@edge

Let me know how that joke build works. I've been thinking about making a rogue that pumps STR and DEX, uses 2 swords/axes/maces and ignores stealth in favor of heavier armor. I have a feeling doing like 1500 damage with 1 flurry will be quite enjoyable.

[edge2054]

Might I suggest a Shadow Blade then? I think the only tree difference between the two classes is stealth and if you're skipping it Shadow Blade will give you more options (like EoS if you go Temporal as a Mastery and/or Sense/Phase Door if you pick up Divination instead. EoS especially might work really well with a Shadow Blade if you can get enough mana to cast it.)